#5AE8EC#5AE8EC

#5AE8EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.121 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AE8EC
RGB	rgb(90, 232, 236)
HSL	hsl(182, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -36.45, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 38.80, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.1149 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.121 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2068, 65.9378, 89.5273)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AE8EC #EC5E5A

analogous

#5AECA7 #5AE8EC #5A9FEC

triadic

#5AE8EC #EC5AE8 #E8EC5A

tetradic

#5AE8EC #A75AEC #EC5E5A #9FEC5A

square

#5AE8EC #A75AEC #EC5E5A #9FEC5A

split-complementary

#5AE8EC #EC5A9F #ECA75A

monochromatic

#15B2B7 #23E0E6 #5AE8EC #91F0F2 #C8F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5AE8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#5AE8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AE8EC

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AE8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AE8EC	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ae8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 232, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.121 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f2',
    500: '#5ae8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ae8ec;
$custom-light: #99f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ae8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.644,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85664,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AE8EC

secondary

#B63834

accent

#100ADC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AE8EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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